April 14, 2016 New Polymorphic Zeus Banking Trojan Demands Herculean Response 2 min read - A new version of the Zeus banking Trojan was discovered targeting French financial institutions, and its developers may be planning to take it global.
April 12, 2016 Study Shows Dark Web Isn’t as Large or Illegal as Previously Thought 2 min read - While the Dark Web has a poor reputation, a recent study from security researchers found it may not be as expansive or as criminal as many believe.
April 12, 2016 Critically Overconfident? Execs Double Down on Total Threat Detection 2 min read - Energy executives are highly confident in their ability to handle threat detection and cyberattacks, but security pros on the ground don't agree.
April 11, 2016 Dridex C&C Panel Hacked by White Hats 2 min read - Security researchers successfully hacked into a Dridex command-and-control (C&C) panel and learned a lot about the malware in the process.
April 8, 2016 SANS Names IBM QRadar as the Best SIEM for 2015 2 min read - The SANS Institute recently gave IBM QRadar the Best SIEM Award for 2015, bestowing yet another honor on this security intelligence platform.
April 7, 2016 Ransomware Incidents Step on the Gas, Change Direction 2 min read - Not only are ransomware incidents becoming more prevalent across industries, but they are also growing more diverse and sophisticated.
April 6, 2016 Locky Variant Changes Communications and Spreads With the Nuclear EK 2 min read - A new Locky variant has made enough changes to avoid detection by some cybersecurity tools and fool users into becoming victims.
April 5, 2016 Firefox Extensions Can Be Reused as Attack Vectors 2 min read - Two researchers recently described how Firefox extensions can be leveraged for malicious purposes without triggering Mozilla security warnings.
April 5, 2016 New Block Ciphers From NIST Add Tweaks to Credit Card Information 2 min read - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced two block cipher algorithms that will preserve data formatting in secure POS systems.
April 4, 2016 Major Programming Languages Fail to Detect Revoked TLS Certificate 2 min read - Identifying a revoked TLS certificate is impossible for versions of PHP, Python or similar languages because of faults in their underlying libraries.